[yorkietalkjilly]

How totally sweet to say, Sandy. Thank you. You have such a sweet way of putting things. Tibbe is so full of himself today - he's been hiding his chewie all afternoon and making me go find it as he follows along behind me. When I do find it under a chair or behind a drape, I grab it up and yell and jump all around and celebrate and he does too! He doglaughs the whole time and just loves it. Then I run back into the den with it(well, don't run but go as fast as I can with this hip) and I turn around some more and wave it and celebrate and then I toss it far as I can. He really burns rubber trying to run after it, gets it, chews along the edges for about 20 seconds and then dashes off to hide it all over again. He disappears down the hall or into the living room and finally hides it, then comes bursting into the den doglaughing to let me know it's time to go again, going around in circles until I get up and start seeking again. He trots along behind me so happy to be playing this game. I'm pretty well worn out from this by now and he's still raring to go.

By the way, he'd stopped even playing his "hide 'n seek" game from about February - April or so. It's so great to see him all excited to play again and act like himself. He invented this game himself so it's all Tibbe. He's a little toot! And lordy lordy it feels good to say that again finally! I keep shaking myself and thinking how special to have him well again!

You know I don't know where in the world his name came from. I kind of wanted to name him Teddybear or something like that as I was driving to get my what I thought was going to be a girl puppy of about 4 months but when I got to the breeder, she said she wanted to show me a troubled little guy she had "inherited" from another breeder besides the puppies and an older girl puppy. In she came with Tibbe and as soon as I saw him, all of 9 months old, my mind just said "Tibbe" and even spelled with an "e" on the end instead of a "y" but pronounced in my head like Tibby. So he was just named "Tibbe" in an instant from somewhere just like that. I'd never even heard of the name before. But it fits him. He's a true Tibbe! He keeps you laughing all the time with his antics.